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Homecoming

Posted Sept. 2, 2021, 1:12 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Danora Allance (Chief Engineer/Artificial Intelligence Expert) (Melissa Aragon)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander JT Robinson (XO) in Homecoming

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Danora Allance (Chief Engineer/Artificial Intelligence Expert) in Homecoming

Posted by Lieutenant Commander JT Robinson (XO) in Homecoming
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SNIP

JT realized that Danora was leading him back to his old Quarters and while she had seen his shiny new PIPS on his collar, she clearly hadn’t realized WHY they were there. time to subtly tell her..

“The important thing right now is that I DID make it home. What kind of pilot would I be if I let some broken down runabout stop me from reporting in to the Captain? What good to her is a dead Number 1?” he quipped as he fought himself to hold back a smile and laugh while he waited for the gears in the Engineers head to turn and realize what he had just admitted/implied.

XO

Danora stopped and turned. He had paused in the middle of the corridor and was looking at her with a strange grin. “Well, of course you don’t want to leave her…” she paused. Number 1.... Number 1

A heartbeat later, her eyes lit up in realization. “Wait… You’re the new XO?” Her voice almost cracked as she realized how she had been treating him. How she had been ‘thinking’ of him. “I’m… oh gods… Sir. I didn’t know. I mean,” she motioned to the color and collar of his uniform. “I mean, I should have known. I cant believe....” She found herself at a loss for words that astounded even her. She turned her back to him to stare down the hall realizing she hadn’t been heading to the Command Quarters like she should have been. Murmuring under her breath, she closed her eyes and shook her head. Her fists tightened slightly into balls once more as she berated herself. “Leave it to you, Dani, to mangle the return of the XO! For an intellect, you are so stupid.”

She took a deep breath and didn’t turn around, scared of what she would see in his eyes at her incompetence. “I’m sorry, Sir. I feel stupid now. I’ll show you to the right quarters. I’m sure your stuff was moved there.” She waited a moment before stepping forward to continue to the far end of the hall where the turbo lift was. Her rant about the runabout, now completely forgotten.

Danora
(Da’dummy)

JT couldn’t help but smile at her. She wouldn’t agree, but there was a level of adorableness by the the whole thing. Then JT gently wrapped an arm around her shoulder to comfort her. “It’s okay, there was no way you could or should have known. The Captain doesn’t even know yet. That should be fun..” he trailed off before looking down at her ” Though I gotta admit, you are cute when you get flustered”

XO

His arm around her felt good. Too good. She was an engineer. A grease monkey for all intense and purposes. And he was Second in Command of the vessel. It would never work. It shouldn’t…

At his comment about her being cute when flustered, she did relax a touch and smile. “If this is cute, you should see me when I’m gorgeous.” She laughed and shook her head. “How can the Captain not know?” She wanted nothing more than to continue down the corridor in the crook of his arm. But he was THE XO! She reluctantly pulled away to face him, a slight frown on her face. “If she doesn’t know, then your stuff wouldn’t have been moved. It would have been an instant what the hell, I’m sure.”

“She knows I was coming back. And that I had gotten a rank increase and would be a senior officer. She just wasn’t told how senior I would be.”

She took her thoughts of him and buried them deep enough to maintain her composure. He was officially relegated to her dreams and nothing more. For the first time, she wasn’t happy one of her friends had been promoted.

Danora
Engineer

JT tried again to embrace her a bit and calm her with a hand placed on her back hoping she wouldn’t pull away again. He know she was worried about the rank situation, but if the CO could make it work.... She had been all he had thought about the last few months. She was the LAST person he wanted ‘having to salute’ him. “Come on,” he said as he motioned with his head down the corridor “help me find my new cabin. I could use a nice sonic shower, a well replicated meal and an actual person to talk to…” he trailed off a bit, not wanting to overstep “If you have time, and want to that is. I know its late.” All three of those things were true and not just and excuse to spend a little time with her. He hadn’t had any of them in at least a month and he was going a bit stir crazy.

XO

The fact he had stepped forward to touch her a second time stunned her to the point she didn’t move away. At his invitation to find his quarters, she laughed softly. “You need help find the XO’s quarters? I find that a bit hard to believe. You’ve been thinking of The Big Chair long enough, I am sure you have the XO and the CO quarters laid out and memorized.” She laughed slightly and shook her head. “Probably the Adimiral quarters at Star Fleet as well.”

“well I don’t know about that. I had truthfully ruled out command as an option after.. the incident” the incident being the stunt that got him demoted and on the admirals crap list.

She let him pull her a bit till they were walking down the hall once more. “My shift was actually over a long time before you arrived. So I don’t have anything else to do. I would have just stayed up in the hangar bay talking to Ali if you hadn’t returned just now. So I don’t mind keeping you company a while.” She was actually glad he had asked. Maybe it was just gonna be the one time. And maybe only cause it was late and no one was around. But she would take it. And it would give her a chance to see how extensive his injuries really were. She’d known him long enough to know when he was in pain. Even if he denied it.

Danora

Once they had arrived at his quarters JT looked around a bit and couldn’t help but think. This cabin was a palace compared to the runabout he had spent the last several months in. complete with gravity, life support, a replicator, shower and bed what more could he want he want? at that moment his gaze fell on Danora Well there’s always something

“I am going to take a quick shower ” he started Even the sound of the word shower made his bumps and bruises hurt less “How bout you replicate us up some food and drink and we can hang out a bit”

JT

Danora glanced around the spacious living area as they stepped in and the door whooshed shut behind her. Her own small quarters would fit in his living room with space to space. She was lucky, not having a roommate. But still. It was meant for two and not very spacious at that. When he mentioned the shower, she nodded and smiled, hoping she wasn’t blushing as hot as she felt. “I’ll figure out something. You want meat and potatoes kind of meal or something lighter? And alcohol or not for drink?”

Ideally she would have taken him to medical, then made him something simple like a salad and soup. With things as bad as they were on the runabout, she wasn’t sure he was up to a heavy meal and alcohol. But JT was always a strong man. Perhaps a steak and bourbon were exactly what he wanted.

Danora

“After months of protein nibs, a steak sounds fantastic. and definitely alcohol. I need a drink ” *Alcohol helps with outside and inside wounds right? * he thought to himself before making his way to the shower.

Once inside the warm sonic waves felt amazing If Danora wasn’t waiting for him outside he could stay in there all night.

JT

Danora laughed and shook her head. “Go take a shower.” She waved him off and turned to the replicator. It was just dinner, or rather, after midnight snack, right? They had done it a million times before he left. Or rather, maybe a dozen times, but she’d dreamt it a million more.

Making the order a double, she set out steaks with proper sides. Both had mashed potatoes and green beans and toast. And two tall glasses of ale beside them. There was also a decanter or whiskey and a couple glasses on the replicator in case he wanted something stronger. She had also kicked off her boots and left them by the door. When he came out of the shower, she would be sitting on the couch, one of the few pieces of furniture in the room, with their dinner and ales on the table before her. Her legs curled up under her and an arm flung over the back of the couch as she stared out the window as the stars were once more at warp speed making small pinline stripes before her eyes.

She had let her hair down and had her back practically to the bedroom door as he walked out and wouldn’t even hear him unless he spoke to her. She had relaxed once more and decided to enjoy the night so she had new dreaming material when tomorrow let reality back in.

Danora

JT walked up behind her quietly and sat on the arm of the couch just behind her and took a deep breath more of a sigh really. this was perfect he thought to himself “It’s been forever since I could just enjoy the view” he said softly when he finally did speak hoping that she would have noticed him there.

“Nice choices” he said motioning to the meal she had selected. “Couldn’t have done better myself”

She would be able to tell that his tone had changed when he came back from the shower. It was a softer perhaps more somber tone of someone who had been through a lot and was thankful to be in one piece and just now accepting that he in fact was home safe.

JT

His voice startled her. It was a reminder why she wasn’t in security. She got lost in distractions far too easily. Smiling up at him, she nodded to the food. “Then come have some.” She reached for her drink but left her plate on the table for now. She sensed the difference in him and cocked her head slightly in concern. “What is it? I know you can’t tell me what you were doing. But I am here to listen to how you felt, if you want. I mean, sometimes talking it out loud is more helpful than a computer entry. Right?” She patted the couch beside her and smiled in invitation to sit, relax and exhale.

Danora


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